Mt. Carmel Golf Course
700 Park Road · Mt. Carmel, Illinois · (618) 262-5771
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Front 9
Hole 1
A striaght away, slightly up-hill 385-yard par 4 to start. Favor the left side of the fairway to leave a short iron approach into a relatively big green. If you miss the fairway left, it will be difficult to make par on the hole.
Hole 2
A 175-yard par for where hitting the green is essential. A mound just left of the green will produce some strange hops on a slightly pulled tee shot. The green slopes away on all sides and leaves a difficult up in down with a missed green.
Hole 3
A long 424-yard par 4 where a good drive will leave a mid to long iron approach to a narrow green that slopes away on all sides. The green is guarded on the left by bunker.
Hole 4
The 506-yard par 5 is very reachable with a good drive. With a wide open fairway, except for a bunker 300 yards off the tee, swing away!!! A narrow green requires a precise 2nd shot for an oppurtunity at eagle.
Hole 5
A long 420-yard par 4 requires a drive favoring the left side of the fairway. A drive to far to the right will kick right and be blocked by a line trees. A good drive will leave a slightly uphill second shot with a mid-iron.
Hole 6
The 302-yard drivable par 4 is a great oppurtunity for birdie. A good drive will leave a short pitch or chip for a second. Be careful though, Out of bounds guards the left side of the hole from tee to green. A sloping green can make for difficult putting on this short hole.
Hole 7
A short 142-yard par 3 isn't quite as easy as it looks. Being on the correct side of the green is a big part of making par on this hole. A hump in the middle of the green makes for difficult putting if the pin or your ball is on the right side of the green.
Hole 8
A dogleg right 370-yard par 4 requires a drive the steers clear of the pond right of the fairway, newly extended hazard right of the pond, and hazard left. If you try to cut the corner you have to clear the new hazard. A good drive will leave a uphill short iron approach into a large green guarded on both sides by bunkers.
Hole 9
A downhill 508-yard par 5 is a great oppurtunity to close the front nine with a birdie. Out of bounds guards the left side of the hole from tee to green. A good drive down the right side, avioding the fairway bunker, will leave a fairway metal or long iron to a green guarded on the right by a small pond and left by O.B. The green slopes from back to front and can leave some tricky, fast putts if you get above the hole.
Back 9
Hole 10
A difficult 190-yard uphill par 3 to start the back nine. Trees right and left and O.B. right makes par a good score on the opening hole on the back.
Hole 11
A 470-yard par 5 is a great oppurtunity to get the back nine kick started. The drive will have to deal with trees left and right and O.B. to the right. A good drive will leave an oppurtunity to go for the green with a fairway metal or long iron. Trees guard the green to the left and a bunker guards the front right. A green sloped from back to front and right to left can leave tricky putts.
Hole 12
A 358-yard par 4 is guarded left by trees and right by a bunker and O.B. A good drive will leave a short iron into a small green guarded right by O.B. just a few paces off the green.
Hole 13
A difficult 392-yard par 4 has trees left and O.B. right the entire length of the hole. A new fairway bunker located just left of the faiway about 260-yards off the tee will collect many balls as the fairway slopes towards it. A good drive will leave a short iron into a two tiered green. Leave your approach on the correct tier or a tough two putt will await.
Hole 14
A difficult 380-yard par 4 that plays much longer than its length on the card. A downhill drive to a relatively open fairway will leave a difficult blind uphill second shot with a mid to short iron. The green slopes front left to back right and can produce very quick breaking putts.
Hole 15
The courses signature hole is a difficutlt 244-yard downhill par 3 where a par feels like a birdie. The green is guarded in front by a valley, to the left by mounds and bushes, right by trees and long by O.B. An accurate shot with a fairway metal or long iron is required to this very well protected green. The green is very difficult to read and making the often seen 8 foot par putt can be very difficult.
Hole 16
A long 435-yard par 4 is guarded on both sides of the fairway by trees and to the right by a bunker. A good drive will leave a short iron into a green that slopes away and to the right for an approach shot. Leave your approach to the left of the pin and expect a very quick breaking downhill putt.
Hole 17
A drivable 270-yard par 4 is a great chance for birdie. The fairway is guarded right and left by trees and the green is protected by mounding and a bunker. The green slopes severely from back to front and can leave a very difficult two putt if you get above the hole.
Hole 18
The closing hole is a short 320-yard par 4 that gives a great oppurtunity for a closing birdie. Trees guard the left side and out of bounds the right, but a good drive will leave a short pitch into a green that slopes from back to front.